AE 101 - Student Managed Farm I

3 Credits

Outline Effective Date 2024 Fall
23 (2024-2025)

Lecture Hours: 28
Lab Hours: 28
Course Description:
AE 101 introduces the student to the Lakeland College Student Managed Farm and Crop Technology Practicum. It provides students with basic principles of working in teams in a business environment. The course also introduces students to field reporting software and more complex Excel computing problem solving.

The Student Managed Farm (SMF) structure and practicum option are introduced.

Rationale:
This is a required course for Crop Technology and the General Agriculture Crops stream students. It familiarizes the students with the Lakeland College Farm, and in conjunction with the knowledge and skills acquired from other courses, it prepares the students to take over management of the Student Managed Farm or industry practicum in their second year.

Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None

Course Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Articulate the value of having a team with diverse perspectives.
Describe the components of an effective meeting.
Implement tools for record keeping and data management as they pertain to cropping decisions on the Student-Managed Farm.
Examine SMF cropping model including past practices, current plans, infrastructure and equipment and safe operations.

Required Resource Materials:
None

Optional Resource Materials:
None

Conduct of Course:
This course consists of approximately 28 hours of classroom lecture and approximately 28 hours of computer lab time. Students learn skills to function in the general management, operations management, financial management and marketing management of the Lakeland College Student Managed Farm. Students will be prepared to actively participate in meetings to make decisions about the management of the crops component of the Lakeland College Farm or be prepared to successfully participate in their industry practicum. Additionally students will be familiar with field recording software and more complex Excel computing solutions.

Classroom and laboratory attendance is considered vital to the learning process and as significant to the students’ evaluation as examinations and reports.

Students having a combination of excused and/or unexcused absence of 20 percent or higher for the scheduled course hours will be required to withdraw and will automatically receive a “RW” (required withdrawal) for the course, regardless of any other evaluation results. (RW is a failing grade.).
An excused absence is one that is verified with your instructor. Verification should be prior to the absence or the next class day following the absence. Verification of the absence may take the form of a note from your doctor/College nurse regarding illness, or a note from another instructor regarding a field trip or other activity, or authorization by your instructor. An unexcused absence is anything NOT verified by the instructor prior to the absence or the next class day following the absence.

NOTE: Any exceptions to the above attendance policy (e.g. timetable conflicts, work-related issues) must be approved in writing by the Department Chair prior to the beginning of the course.

It is the students’ responsibility to know their own absentee record.

Normal hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., with potential for evening courses, exams or extended field trips. Students are expected to be available for classes during these times.

Content of Course:

Goal Setting
Working on a Team
Personality Types
Conflict
Proposals
Student Managed Farm
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
Data Management and Record Keeping Software
Student-Managed Farm Exploration

Course Assessments:

Lab Assignments	30%
Lab Project(s)	20%
Lecture Assignments and Quizzes	38%
Exam	12%
Total	100%

Course Pass Requirements:
A minimum grade of D (50%) (1.00) is required to pass this course. Students must maintain a cumulative grade of C (GPA - Grade Point Average of 2.00) in order to qualify to graduate.